Cooking utensil



1,478;s01 c. E. SLYE COOKING UTENSIL i Filed April 14'. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet -1 I l Dec. 25, 1923.

C. E. SLYE COOKING UTENSIL Filed April 14 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 25, UNITED STA CLARENCE E. SL'YE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

COOKING Application filed April 14,

. To all'whom it mag concern:

' which the 5011 m "Illinois, have "invented Be it known that I, Cmnnncn 'E. SLYE, a

citizen ofthe United States, and resident of My invention re cookm utensils and has special reference to to the juicesfcfthe space=w1 I for retaining 1 uSQs-w H-su'ggEst-themsekes such potatoes' ol a .varia 1e wall or enclosure for use particularlyfin a roasting? an. f

The object of'my invention is to provide a variable device of simple character for providing a ace in 'theroasting panwhich is 'substantia ly closed ofi r from the main part of the pan. This enclosed space is for use-in holding food'materials together within a limited area and isn't-particular benefit in holding a uantityf of,:dressi n'g in a suitable space wit in a roastin'gpan'andsubject Other specific uses might be the. proy si'oii- 'foi a suitable a; relatively largeroasting pan materials v the roasting process'forimaking' a'meatloa Many other as holding er vegetables in'a more or less compact body separated from the meatwhich i s 'b'eing roasted in the sha es Jfor enclosing various roasting pan but subject-tothemeat juices. A particular object of my invention is to provide 'ajvariable wall'for producing spaces orenclosed areas ofvarious dimensions and foods to be coo ed in conjunction with meats in such relation that the enclosed foods will be sub- 'ject' to the juices.

:vide a device of drawings f ormmg part of of the meats during the roasting-process. 1 A further ob'ect is to prothe kind descri d by which dimensions and shapes of the changed to as the neufood to be cooke and l the horizontal enclosed space can be readiltyl' suit various circumstances suc tity or shape of the which'device can readily be collapsed into a small compass when not'in use. q

My invention willbe more readilynndeb I stood by reference to the accompanying this specification, and in wh1ch:- U v Figure lisa plan view showingthe device in a roasting pan in conjunction: with a roast;

Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are to plan'views of the-device showing'someof t e many' -forms into which the device can-be arranged; Figure 6 is a view similar to theforagoing TES PATENT OFFICE m2. Serial ll'o. man.

showinfg the device arranged to enclose a 7 I Z 7 i i re 8 1s a view similar to Figure 7 Figure 7 is a fragmentary side \view of the connected to the showing the removable hinge pin withdrawn 3 and the separable ends of apart; Fi

the device space or closely folded form; Figure 10,is a horizontal sectional view on the line 101O of Figure 7 and Figure 11 is'a sectional view on the line 11-11 of Figure 9.

Insaid drawings l represents a roasting pan adapted to contain a roast 2 and one of my variable walls 3. My novel device consists of a plurality of (panels 4 which are fiat and preferably ma e of thin sheet metal. They are rectangular in shape and preferably all of the panels which make up the device are exactly alike in shape and form. limb of these panels, as shown in the drawings is substantially square and the \are formed to be hinged together at their adjacent ends by hinge pins 5. Each panel has a pair of hinge tubes 6 at one end and a 5111 lo central tube 7 at 'the opposite end. 11 of the hinge pins 5 except one thereof are permanently secured in position such as by slightly riveting the ends of the pins and I arrange one pin 8 to be readily a flat looped handle 9 for this purpose and also to retain it in position when c nnecting the two separable ends 10 and 11, of thedevice. v I make. the pin 8 removable for the purpose of; disconnecting the device so that. it

can be readily taken off or removed from loaf or other roasted or a finished-meat baked material, as shown in dotted lines inFigure 1 j Anotherladvantage of making one of the hinge 'pins're'movable is to permit the devicelto be. folded into a compact form as shown iii-Figures 9 and 11, the hinged joints connecting) the several panels per folded down alternately mitting them to storage and shipping purinto a stack for illustrated in Figures 2 to 6 incluit will readily be seen that the device is capable of being used to enclose spaces re 9 is a plan viewpf the device inv collapsed removed providing it with of various shapes and areas and as shown in Figure 6, several of the panels can be folded together to reduce the number of panels enclosing the space and thus reduce the area of the enclosed space.

It will readily be understood that I have not illustrated all of the forms into which the device can be arranged and that it could be arranged in an irregular form to fit in an irregular space in a roasting pan as well as in one of the regular or geometric forms illustrated.

As many modifications of my invention Will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, I do not liinit or confine my invention'to the specific details of construction herein shown and described.

I claim:

A device for use in a roasting pan for enclosing a space thereinand comprising 20 a plurality of fiat plates hinged together in a series to form a continuous wall adapted to be placed on edge in a roasting pan, and said Wall being capable of being disconnected at one point in its length as and 25 for the purpose specified.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of April, 1922.

CLARENCE E. SLYE. 

